Threadless bolt and nut.



.. llteferenee bein? i UNITED STATES JACOB J. SOUDER, QF We@ OFFICE.

ISTRICT OF UGLUMBIA.

THREAQLESS SQLT ANL? NUT.

tien ai' Lettere Feten@ Patented Nev. 27, 1906.

Application filed Mey 1U, N365. Renewal V"qrirril i3. 1966. enel No. 311556! and I do herebyT declare the follewlng tu be full, clear, and. exact description el the linen-- tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Whieh it eppertains tu melia. und nee the same. L

My inventien relates to boite, bes especial reference to that class of holte which are elevoid el screw-threads fer ceneeetf like threadless nut, and designee! 'Y erelly in strue'rturel-ren werk te te place of bolts which are heated, end enr;- vnl upset, as in riveting, and for mi 'minis i n m il road constructions in which lef' -nnt el' em mf kind. is en indiepeneeble filetei the www blage ef the parte to prevent c ,idenel sepa ration of the mit from the bolt.

The object of the invent-ien eminenti', eli-- solute security against eeeidentel sei alien, and the dispensing with the nee .ity ler heating the bolt for upsetting er ri ti f The invention consists in iin] )reve niente in construction, wbiei `will be fully die4- closed in the following svpccilieelieel :intl claims.

In the accompanying drawings, ferm part ef this epecirieetion, llig sente e eide View and e trunev the blank from which the belt 1e e; 2, e, side elevation and e top plan View f bolt and its thread'less nut er Weeber; a, side elevation of the bolt inserted i Weeber, the latten being ebnen u trensverseseoton; Fig. 4, e like 'l e. ing the bolt se arated et its enter end ein! wedge inserte between the eeparetel mein-- Wililfli bers of the shrink; Fig. 5, e like vice' ming the outer ends of the belt beni; i* i the wedge Fig. 6, a horizontal section un line t5 l, Fig. 5, Fig. 7 a vertical transverse eeetien uf a, mil-joint, slwwing the belt eipleig end 8, perspectives ef the nietige. had tn tile (leanings and, the lesignating e areeters tbm-een, 'lille nw merel 1 indicates a blank eut from e. bei' er roc'ilof merchantable rolled irmxl hell' round in transverse section, eut te pf. einer length to be folded u on itself with Vthe Hei sries 2 ei' he blenk e. jacent, as shown. One und of thfoldefl blank is then upset um? alle hun? 3 f'formed thereon in a suitable divI` The b nef ing el the blank. and the needing of the bolt ey le: (lime under one lieeting of the blank ,lie we of e Suitable bendlngmaehine and A es. The belt eline eenetructed is provided with n, eolirl henri integral therewith end sepa,- f Interi unweldeil members extending from the l lienil in pe elle-l planes normally 1n engagement with ene-,l1 other und in which the longitinlimtl lll@ nl" Lne metal are separatedv in the transverse center of the bolt from the henri Le the end ofthe bolt.

ln the use el the belt for strueturabiro'n worll tlv jjperelien of the members of the belt to the head by the wedge Y ille bult te :lill the lmles in the flanges el' eiriidnrul iron and wl'xlfjll 1f; fil flle if produce e seliel joint rfemml tu the test of the hammer l ler uml assure him of the belts in the llanges, which iste!" perfectly.

nelle el malleable east-iron and r. lli e conical or tapering Walled the email end of which is of e dinnnm i it? u Mmetely the seme as the dieneter s the shank 6 of the bolt, while the Y wf the opening is sli htly larger ler the ex )mision o? the bifuri henk in 'che we.; 1er, as shown in Figs. .Ln 7. nl :falle :i key er Wedge, preferably of leales/ resl-iren, -but may be mede of eel-llenen end formed in e suitable die. la@ ferie te be secured hevin been propany assembled the bolt 1s applic cold by ineerling it tlirnugli the lieles provided for the 'emplee 'rml [he bolt (l1ivenlie1ne, when a l Sledge er el .lier implement ie llefl against the f heeel @i till@ belt tereeell're it e'ainst displacement, while the free end of lie -kbolt vhes its l 9 seperated by a suitable tool Fig; A blow is thon struck with n. hamn'nlr er Slwlge upon the end 0l' the bolt, which will "el lief ende el' the bolt and drive the inte Ille nut, er n. ewa 'ng-tool'inay be applied thereto und under e wavy blow of a, berliner er eleflge llleperts of the bolt set, and the gems to be secured are closelyT drawn flgel-limi ln he illuetretien of en ftpplieatien of the inventive silewn in Fig. 7, 10 indicates the mil, enrl ll 11Y the ishlates.

The el the bo t nre unlimited luid l when preperly epplied the parts form an ell A* les e, threadless nut er Washer,V

fectual nut-lock, in that the nut or washer 4 is secured against accidental displacement.

lf it is desired to remove the bolt the ends 9 9 may be separated by a suitable Wed'g shapedtool, the wedge 8 removed, and t ends 9 9 bent to their original position on the shank when the washer 4` may be removed from the sha'nk of the bolt.

The wedge 8 is preferably provided with oppositelv-inelined surfaces 8 8', which are engaged y the ends 9 (J, as shown, and fa eilitate the removal oi the nut from the bolt, and has inclined ends 12 12 and is of a length slightly in excess of the opening 5 in the washer 4, so that there can be no lateral movement of the bolt in the washer.

The ends 9 9 may be drawn to ether over the wedge Sby the use of a pair o tongs preparatory to the swaging to efl'ectually set the Darts. I l The bolt and washer constructed. and aplied as described does away with skilled lalier in the erection of structural-iron work now required to rivet the parts together, and

thereby reduces the oost of labor.

Hav'in thus fully described my invention, what l eaim is- 1. An im roved article of manufacture, u, bolt providled with a solid head integral therewith and having separate unwelded members extending from the head in l)arallel planes normally in enoagement witli eaeh other, and in Whieh thexiongitudinal fibers of the metal are sewarated in the transverse center of the bolt trom the head to the end. of the bolt.

2. A threadless bolt havingr a solid head and members extending therefrom in parallel planes normally in enga ement with each other and separable at t. ieir outer ends, a threadloss nut surrounding said members, and a wedge between the members extending into the nut and covered by'said members.

3. A threadless bolt having a solid head and members extending therefrom in arallel planes normally in engagement witi each other and separable at their outer ends, a nut havinfr a threadless conical o erung therein, an( surrounding the bolt,a we ge between the outer ends of the bolt, extending into the nut and. inclosed by said outer ends of the bolt engaging the wedge.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB J. SOUDER. Witnesses:

D. C. REINOHL, W. PARKER REINoHL. 

